Closure for receptacles.



V. NYLUND. CLOSURE FOR REGEPTAGLES. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10, 1914.

1 1 QQfiQQ, Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

ywrw-zz mm VICTOR NYLUNID, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

CLOSURE FOR RE'CEPTACLES.

Specification of Letters E'atent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed February 10, 1914.. Serial No. 817,887.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR NYLUND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Closures forReceptacles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to receptacles and like containers and has for anobject to pro vide a closure therefor.

' llhe invention embodies, more particularly, a closure for use onreceptacles such as ash cansand like containers adapted for thereception of refuse or the like. For the purpose mentioned, use is madeof a closure which, when in position on the receptacle, will securelyclose the same to prevent animals from gaining access to the receptacleand distributing the refuse or contents thereof or carry the refuse awayfrom the receptacle, the closure, however, being readily removablemanually when it is desired to empty the receptacle or fill the samewith refuse.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of the receptacle, showingthe closure thereon; Fig. 2 is a plan view; and Fig. 3 is an enlargedvertical sectional view, the full lines denoting the closed position ofthe closure and the dotted lines the unlocked position thereof.

Referring more particularly to the views, use is made of a receptacle 10having a pcripheral bead 11 and adapted to receive a cover 12,preferably made of corrugated sheet metal or some other flexiblematerial. The receptacle 10 is substantially round in shape and thecover 12 is slightly elliptical in order that the same may be properlylocked on the receptacle 10 to close the same, the cover being alsocorrugated in order to give it a spring-like action. A handle 13 isprovided for the cover 12, and mounted to slide vertically in the handleand extending therethrough is a rod 14 terminating exteriorly and abovethe handle in a grip 15, the lower end of the rod being adapted to liewithin the cover 12 and terminating in ears 16 having pivotallyconnected thereto oppositely, downwardly inclined rods 17 having pivotalconnection with sockets 18 rigidly secured to the under side of thecover and oppositely arranged adjacent the edge thereof. 7

Locking lugs 20' are supported on the edge of the cover 12 adjacent thesockets 18 and depend from the cover, the said locking lugs, when thecover is in position on the receptacle 10, being adapted to pass beneaththe bead 11 of the receptacle and lock the cover thereto, it beingreadily apparent that the cover will be held in locked position by thespring-like action tending to draw the locking lugs inwardly against thereceptacle, thus through the medium of the bead and locking lugs rigidlysecuring the cover on the receptacle.

Now when it is desired to remove the cover from the receptacle adownward pressure is exerted on the grip 15 of the rod 14:, thusimparting a downward and outward push to the rods 17 to bulge the edgeof the cover adjacent the sockets. This will result in the edge of thecover being moved outwardly and away from the receptacle, thus movingthe locking lugs out of engagement with the bead 11, so that the covercan easily be lifted and entirely removed from the receptacle. Thelocking lugs 20 preferably have inclined faces 21 so that when it isdesired to secure the cover 12 on the receptacle 10, the same is simplypushed downwardly on the receptacle, thus causing the locking lugs tomove outwardly when the same engage the bead and spring back into normalposition beneath the bead 11 to lock the cover to the receptacle, whenthe locking lugs pass beyond the bead, this movement of the locking lugsbeing due entirely to the spring-like action of the material from whichthe cover 12 is made and wherefore the cover is preferably corrugated.

From the foregoing description it will thus be apparent that by applyinga cover of the character described to a receptacle, the cover, when innormal position on the receptacle, will be locked thereto and cannot bereadily removed by scavenging animals. whereas by simply pressing downupon the grip 15, the cover will be moved into an unlocked position sothat the same can be lifted from the receptacle by pulling upwardly onthe handle 13.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a closure for receptacles, tlie combination with a receptacle, ofan annular bead thereon, a cover for the receptacle and provided withcorrugations for giving the cover a spring-like action, locking lugs onthe edge of the cover and adapted to engage the bead to lock the coverto the receptacle, sockets secured to the under side of the coveradjacent the said lugs, rods having connection with the said sockets andextending upwardly at an inclination to the apex of the cover, a gripexterior of the cover,

- and a connection between the said grip and the said rods whereby whena downward pressure is exerted on the grip the said cover will be bulgedadjacent the said lugs by the push exerted on the rods to move the saidlugs out of the Vertical plane of the said bead so that the said covercan be re moved from the said receptacle.

2. In a closure for receptacles, a cover formed of a spring-likematerial and normally supported on the receptacle to close the same, andmeans movably supported on the cover for bulging the same adjacent itsedges whereby to permit of arranging the cover upon and securing thesame in locked relation to the receptacle.

3. In a closure for receptacles, a cover formed of a spring-likematerial, means movably supported on the under side of the cover forbulging the same whereby to engage the edge of the cover with thereceprods on the under side of the cover and ha\- ing connection withthe same adjacent its edge for bulging the cover to permit of applyingthe same to the receptacle, and means for simultaneously actuating thesaid rods.

5. In a closure for receptacles, a cover formed of a spring-likematerial, locking lugs on the cover adjacent the edge thereof, saidlocking lugs being adapted for locking engagement with the receptacle,connected rods on the under side of the cover and hav- "1 ing connectionwith the same adjacent its edge for bulging the cover to permit ofapplying the same to the receptacle, and ahandle connecting with therods for simultaneously operating the same to bulge opposed portion ofthe cover adjacent its edge.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VICTOR NYLUND.

Witnesses: A. H. CAMERON,

G. E. HONEYWELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

- Washington, D. C.

